What's your thoughts on people that log caches' paper logs anonymously, and don't post on the site?

My thoughts are: I don't really care, for the most part. I think it's common curtsey to post a log on the website, just to let the cache owner know that the cache is still okay and to hear about cachers' experiences. If they don't, and want to be anonymous, that's fine.

My thoughts changed a little bit last night when Silent Bob and I found this log.

If you don't want to read the url, the text is as follows, as a first finder on [url=http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid={3A399FBF-F35A-4F15-9519-7D4376A14D01}]this cache[/url] where Silent Bob and I were trying hard to be FTF:

Quote:

1st Finder!
Sorry Bob & Saxton sp? found
first Half Shortly Before you
on monday Ran out of time
Long Hike! Found this ok
in 30 seconds Lucky I guess
or I'm Just a Natural : )
TFTC & a Great
Hike! TNLN

Didn't leave a name or anything! I have to admit I'm now a bit curious who this is!

You just posted yesterday- maybe the person hasnt had time to log the find yet? They obviously read the GC site, knowing who you were tho.
Strange-
I guess if it wasnt for the first find honor - it wouldnt bother me much.
A cache is a cache is a cache, right?

You just posted yesterday- maybe the person hasnt had time to log the find yet? They obviously read the GC site, knowing who you were tho.
Strange-
I guess if it wasnt for the first find honor - it wouldnt bother me much.
A cache is a cache is a cache, right?

I agree. A cache is a cache... and if people want to be anonymous, that's fine with me... the fact that this person pointed us out personally was what got me interested. I've never seen anyone not sign their name before in the log if they spent the time to write something... We'll see if they decide to post on the site. I was just guessing, if they spent the time to watch our progress on it, they'd be on the site enough to say something... and he/she's obviously interested in our reactions with a note like that, especially while touting him/herself as a "natural," compared to us!

We have friend who geo-cache and just sign in the notebook, but never log on the web because they just enough the find and getting out of the house for a walk. Alo, when I pull my caches this fall to refurbish them, I found that I had many more notebook sign-in than logged computer site finds._________________LIFE IS GOOD;CABIN LIFE IS GREAT

We have friend who geo-cache and just sign in the notebook, but never log on the web because they just enough the find and getting out of the house for a walk. Alo, when I pull my caches this fall to refurbish them, I found that I had many more notebook sign-in than logged computer site finds.

Well, I think it's one thing to do it for the fun and the hike and all that and it's another to anonymously mock those that do log online... If you are going to mock someone's username from GC you should at least puts some fake name down in the book so that we have someone's name to yell while shaking our fists at the sky.

I think out of courtesy they should log in the book and on the web. I don't have a reason for it other than respect. The web page is a free page and if to many people abuse it then maybe only paid members will be allowed to get the cordinates??? Don't know.

Somewhat along the same lines as far as anonymous, I am thinking of changing my ID. I know you can't change the logs in the cache but with only 13 does it really make a difference as the web would change my name on all finds, right? Or does that not really make a difference?

If you are going to mock someone's username from GC you should at least puts some fake name down in the book so that we have someone's name to yell while shaking our fists at the sky.

Just so you know... I got out some of my filled up old log books from various caches and may come up with a likely suspect by looking at and comparing handwriting..... I'll let you know.
But you have to admit, it is a teensy weensy bit hilarious!

It was probably far more funny to see me running down the trail after seeing (at the time) an unknown person heading down the trail and me fly past and the person (now obviously jjjeffr) turn his head in complete confusion. I wonder if he thought that the police SWAT teams were decending on him...

When he said he found the cache and I told him that if he thought that he was going to get FTF without a GPS and w/o doing the first stage he had another thing coming (ie shoving him down the steep embankment)